Hollow-chain chandelier-support.



L. P. DIGKEY.

HOLLOW CHAIN OHANDBLIBB SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9, 1908.

Patented June15, 1909.

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LAURENCE P. DICKEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HOLLOW-CHAIN CHAN DELIER-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 15, 1909.

' vApplication led July 9, 1908. Serial No. 442,652.

' To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, LAURENCE P. DICKEY,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the Acounty of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hollow-Chain Chandelier-Supports, of which the following is a specilication.

My invention relates to a hollow chain chandelier` support, and the object of myin vention is to provide la support `for chandeliers which will have the appearance of a chain.

A further object of my invention is to construct said support of hollowpipe to form -a continuous passageway forgas, oil or electric conductors; and a still further object ofmy invention is to provide lneans for readily assembling the parts of the support and forl securing the said parts together.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1. is a side elevation of my hollow chain chandelier support; Fig. 2. is a front elevation of the same, partly in section; Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6 are detached views of the parts shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

In the drawing 1 and '2 represent hollow tubes which are curvedV as shown in Figs. 3 and 5. rllhe tube 2 is curved correspondingly to the ltube 1 so that when the tubesl are placedtogether with the curved portions reversed to each other they will'have the appearance of a chain as shown in Fig. 2. The

- two tubes are secured together by rings 3,

which embrace the tubes at the pointswhere they contact with each other. The1 rings 3 are s lit, as shown in Fig. 6, so that they' may e readily bent around the tubes as shown in Fig. 1.

Any suitable form of iitting may be used at the ends of the tubes. ln the ,drawing the tubes are joined at their ends by the T-jointr 4', which is particularly adapted for use when the tubes are both used to convey gas.

TheTejoint is provided with apertures 6 and 7 having right and left hand threads to receive the ends 8 and 9 of the tubes 1 and 2,

which also have right and left hand threads, so that the tubes 1 and 2 may be joined togetherby turning the T-j oint 4 without turning the tube. l v

When my improved chandelier su port is used as for conveying both'gas and electrical conductors, each tube may beprovided with a separate fitting at the ends of the same. When. gas alone is used and'only one tube is needed to convey the same the opposite member from the gastube may be made solid without departing from my invention.

The tubes lare made of material having suicient strength to carry the weightof the chandelier. The tubesare also strengthened by the rings 3 which secure the tubes together and revent the curves in said tubes becoming distorted when the support is sub- .jected to an unusual strain.

Having thus described my invention I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent.

1. In an article of the cha/racter described, the combination of. two correspondingly curved members, said curved members placed together in parallel planes with vthe curved portions thereof reversed to each other, rings placed at right angles to the planes of said curved members and said rings encircling said curved members at the points ofintersection of said curved members to secure the latter together.

2. In an article of the character described, the combination ofl twoA correspondingly curved members, said curved members placedtogether in parallel planes with the curvedv other, rings placed 'at right angles to the planes of said curved members, and said ortions thereof reversed to eachrings split and placed around said curved members at the points of intersection-of said curved members to secure the latter together.

ln testimony whereof I affix'my signatureV in presence of two witnesses.

LAURENCE P. DICKEY. 

